Quick question on trans sheild!

what I am curious about is if the sheild doubles as a starter shim? meaning,the plate goes on and then the starter sits on top of the plate and bolts to the tranny.

I already went to the yard once today and all they had were newer 318 plates and all the holes but one lined up with my set up...and all the newer ones I looked at were like I mentioned and doubled as a starter shim which is why I was curious if it was the same for my set up.

normally I wouldnt be worried about it and I have no problem making my own, i am mostly curious if it acts as shim for the starter.